Sunday, 8 July 2018

[40K - Blood Angels] Blood Angels Chaplain Aeneas

I recently decided to put together a small Blood Angels army using just the Primaris miniatures to represent 'true-scale' Marines. The starting point was the Primaris Lieutenant from the Dark Imperium set - I didn't particular like the pose or feel of the stock mini, so I started hacking bits off without a firm plan in mind.

The conversion evolved on its own as new ideas popped into my head and existing ideas were scrapped. The original Crozius, for example, was a massive winged piece using the Adeptus Custodes Vexilla - which looked ridiculously out of place when I finished it.

Breaking down the kit-bashing process:

+ The torso, legs, and Bolt Pistol are from the original Lieutenant.

+ The helmet is from the Reiver box set (bare-head) with GS added.

+ The Crozius was built from a cut-down Terminator Thunder Hammer, topped with a plastic skull from the GW scenics range with a halo added from the Space Marine Command Squad sprue. (IIRC)

+ The flowing purity seals are taken from the Adeptus Custodes Vexilla

Despite some early misgivings, I'm quite pleased with how he turned out. I may yet go back and add text lines to the purity seals just to break up the bone colour a little, but all in all, I think he makes a fitting leader for the army's Death Company squad that I'm working on presently.